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by Jerry Whorebach 08/06/2007, 1:06pm PDT |
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Jhoh Clbbl O_____O wrote:
The thing about Spartan that confused me is I kept expecting everything to be some kind of fake out, even all the way from Val Kilmer bitch slapping that guy so hard that a giant ridiculous spray of blood comes out (and then the guy kills himself soon after), and all this stuff, I was thinking IT IS ALL A CON AND NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS, and then it turns out no it's just a story with things happening. It just didn't seem real, so the whole movie was like not a real story.
I had the good fortune to walk into Spartan knowing absolutely nothing about it (part of the credit for that should go to the film itself, for holding any and all credits until the end). I too got that feeling of staged unreality, but without the ability to chalk it up to Mamet making yet another sub-Spanish Prisoner jerk-around picture, I just had to go with it. So the impression I got was one of watching a comic book - specifically, one of those post-Apocalypse Now self-aware Cold War stories like I grew up with. By the time Bill Macy popped in I had figured out what it was I was really watching, but by then it didn't matter, because I was having a good time. |
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Dana Stevens to world: "instinctively ignore anything I say." by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/03/2007, 7:43am PDT 
You only just now got to that point? NT by laudablepuss 08/03/2007, 10:33am PDT
No. NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/03/2007, 11:23am PDT
So what's the consensus on Bourne? by Lizard_King 08/05/2007, 10:21am PDT
I thought the first two were about the best spy movies since True Lies. NT by Jerry Whorebach 08/05/2007, 10:24am PDT
I can't tell if that's sarcasm since I liked True Lies but many people pan it. NT by Lizard_King 08/05/2007, 11:54am PDT
True Lies is sincerely one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century. NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/05/2007, 1:12pm PDT
A simple "yes it was sarcasm" or "no it wasn't" will suffice. by Lizard_King 08/05/2007, 2:46pm PDT
True Lies was Jim Cameron's last good movie, T2 his last great one. (FO' REALZ) NT by Jerry Whorebach 08/05/2007, 4:13pm PDT
Fuck yeah. NT by Lizard_King 08/05/2007, 5:35pm PDT
There are people alive who didn't like True Lies? (arabs) NT by Grumah 08/05/2007, 4:45pm PDT
Uh, best spy movies since Ronin by laudablepuss 08/06/2007, 4:01am PDT
I debated whether Ronin should go in the spy movie or merc movie category. by Jerry Whorebach 08/06/2007, 10:19am PDT
Ronin's a spy movie? by Lizard_King 08/06/2007, 10:43am PDT
Calling it a spy movie is almost a spoiler. by Jerry Whorebach 08/06/2007, 11:43am PDT
Excellent. I'll check it out. by Lizard_King 08/06/2007, 11:57am PDT
PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP (<--awesome) by Jerry Whorebach 08/06/2007, 12:36pm PDT
Re: PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP (<--awesome) by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/06/2007, 12:46pm PDT
Re: PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP (<--awesome) by Jerry Whorebach 08/06/2007, 1:06pm PDT
Best European car porn ever filmed. by Motherhead 08/06/2007, 2:27pm PDT
Meh. by Mischief Maker 08/06/2007, 5:58pm PDT
Re: Meh. by laudablepuss 08/06/2007, 6:03pm PDT
But it's Alfred Hitchcock' term! by Mischief Maker 08/06/2007, 6:28pm PDT
Did he review movies? NO HE DID NOT. (I think.) NT by laudablepuss 08/06/2007, 7:13pm PDT
Who said that making movies is the ultimate form of film criticism? NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/06/2007, 7:20pm PDT
Good Lord, man! What are you doing? by laudablepuss 08/06/2007, 7:25pm PDT
Okay, good TIP. NT by Jhoh Clbbl O_____O 08/10/2007, 5:19pm PDT
Re: So what's the consensus on Bourne? by jeep 08/05/2007, 7:43pm PDT
That's what I like to hear, opinions I agree with. by Lizard_King 08/05/2007, 8:58pm PDT
I actually got sick in the 2nd Bourne movie. by Fullofkittens 08/06/2007, 12:05pm PDT
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